Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Parrot and the IglooCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Climate and the Science of DenialISBN-10: 039386670XEAN: 9780393866704ISBN: 9780393866704Publisher: WW Norton & CoRelease Date: 07/11/2023Description: In 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington Mall and plunked a sign on top: AL GORE'S NEW HOME: HONK IF YOU LOVE CLIMATE CHANGE. In The Parrot and the Igloo, best-selling author David Lipsky tells the astonishing story of how we moved from one extreme (the correct one) to the other. With narrative sweep and a superb eye for character, Lipsky unfolds the dramatic narrative of the long, strange march of climate science. The story begins with a tale of three inventors—Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and Nikola Tesla—who made our technological world, not knowing what they had set into motion. Then there are the scientists who sounded the alarm once they identified carbon dioxide as the culprit of our warming planet. And we meet the hucksters, zealots, and crackpots who lied about that science and misled the public in ever more outrageous ways. Lipsky masterfully traces the evolution of climate denial, exposing how it grew out of early efforts to build a network of untruth about products like aspirin and cigarettes. Featuring an indelible cast of heroes and villains, mavericks and swindlers, The Parrot and the Igloo delivers a real-life tragicomedy—one that captures the extraordinary dance of science, money, and the American character.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 814gAuthor: David LipskyGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Parrot and the Igloo
Title: The Parrot and the Igloo
Subtitle: Climate and the Science of Denial
ISBN-10: 039386670X
EAN: 9780393866704
ISBN: 9780393866704
Release Date: 07/11/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Parrot and the Igloo : Climate and the Science of Denial
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Item Height: 1.4 in
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental, Global Warming & Climate Change, History, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Law, Political Science, Science
Item Weight: 28.7 Oz
Author: David Lipsky
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
